Common questions about the cartridges

The Cube prints two types of materials. A special type of ABS plastic and PLA plastic. It's safe and can be recycled, and if your piece is thick enough, it's also dishwasher-ready!

What is the difference between ABS and PLA Plastic?

ABS and PLA are both plastic materials. Our PLA plastic is specially formulated to be compostable or biodegradable while our ABS is recyclable. Customers may use either one on the new Cube.

What's up with the cartridges?

Our cartridges are filled with our custom ABS plastic, , or PLA Plastic, with 16 color options, and are designed to work with the Cube, each one containing enough material to make about 35 models per cartridge. Switching them out is a breeze - they snap right in. The Cube can also tell you how much material you have left, and won't let you start to print a creation if you don't have enough material to finish it, to avoid waste. You can print about 13 to 15 cell phone cases (or creations of similar size) from a single cartridge. You can get a discount when you get a pack of cartridges together.